Piccadilly Palare

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"Piccadilly Palare"

Single by Morrissey
from the album Bona Drag (compilation)
Released	13th November 1989 (UK), 8th December 1989 (USA, Canada)
Format	7", 12", CD, cassette
Length	3:26
Label	HMV (UK)
Writer(s)	Morrissey/Kevin Armstrong
Producer(s)	Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley
Chart positions
#18 (UK)
Morrissey singles chronology
"November Spawned A Monster" (1990)	"Piccadilly Palare" (1990)	"Our Frank" (1991)

"Piccadilly Palare" was a single by Morrissey released in October 1990.

Despite a reaching a disappointing number 18 in the British singles chart, Piccadilly Palare was a generally well received single, and the last release before Morrissey began a writing partnership with Mark Nevin.

As with November Spawned A Monster Morrissey chose to write about a subject unusual in pop music, namely male prostitution. The title of the song refers to a slang first used by male prostitutes in the 19th century and was then taken up by homosexuals in the 1960s to disguise sexual predilections which were illegal in the UK until 1967. It was also used in the BBC radio comedy Around the Horne by the characters Julian and Sandy.

There is an as yet unreleased version of the track, which includes the lyrics, "A cold water room, it's not much, I know, but for now it's where I belong. Am I really doing wrong? Around the center of town, it's where I belong. Am I really doing wrong?"

1 Track listings
2 Reviews
3 Musicans
4 Live Performances
5 References
6 See also
7 External link

[edit] Track listings

[edit] 7" vinyl & cassette

"Piccadilly Palare"
"Get Off The Stage"

[edit] 12" vinyl

"Piccadilly Palare"
"At Amber"
"Get Off The Stage"

[edit] CD

"Piccadilly Palare"
"At Amber"
"Get Off The Stage"

Country	Record label	Format	Catalogue number
UK	HMV	7" vinyl	POP1624
UK	HMV	12" vinyl	12POP1624
UK	HMV	Compact disc	CDPOP1624
UK	HMV	Cassette	TCPOP1624

[edit] Reviews

Unlike Morrissey's previous two singles, the NME gave Piccadilly Palare a positive review, saying "It's amazing what a slap across the wrist can do for the creative juices."^[1]